Indigeneity and Political Theory (Routledge Issues in Contemporary Political Theory) (Routledge Issues in Contemporary Political Theory) - Softcover

Shaw, Karena

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415777011 ISBN 13: 9780415777018

Publisher: Routledge, 2008

Synopsis

Indigeneity and Political Theory engages some of the profound challenges to

traditions of modern political theory that have been posed over the past two

decades. Karena Shaw is especially concerned with practices of sovereignty

as they are embedded in and shape Indigenous politics, and responses to

Indigenous politics.

Drawing on theories of post-coloniality, feminism, globalization, and

international politics, and using examples of contemporary political practice

including court cases and specific controversies, Shaw seeks to illustrate and

argue for a way of doing political theory that is more responsive to the

challenges posed by a range of contemporary issues.

An engaging and highly original analysis of Indigenenity and sovereignty,

this book enables the reader to develop a more robust consideration of

relationships between theory and practice, and thus the politics of theorizing.

About this title

About the Author

Karena Shaw is Assistant Professor in the School of Environmental Studies at the University of Victoria, Canada. A political theorist by training, she is particularly interested in how a range of contemporary political challenges―such as those raised by indigenous, feminist and environmental movements―are reshaping political space and possibility.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415777011
• ISBN 13: 9780415777018
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256